Smith



No Mdel B. J. GOLDSMITH.

SASH FASTENER.

N0. 306,480. PatentedwOot. 14, 18814.

NIIED *rnrns .arnivr FITIQED BENJAMIN JUDAI-I GOLDSMITH, OF SARATOGASPRINGS, NEW YORK.

SASH=FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,480, dated October1%, 1884.

Application filed May 2], 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

3e it known that I, BENJAMIN J. GOLD- surrl-r, of Saratoga Springs, inthe county of $aratoga and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in SaslrFasteners; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form part of this specification, in which-Figure 1. is a perspective view of my improved window-sash fastener.Fig. 2 is a vertieal'section of the same,tal en in the plane of thedotted line x w,- and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line i1 Fig. 1.

This invention relates to that class of inventions known as window-sashfasteners, and it consists in a novel method of looking a window-sash bymeans of arack-bar and a spring-lever of peculiar construction at anydesired height, as will be hereinafter fully understood, when taken inconnection with the annexed drawin A designates a window-frame of thewellknown construction, which may be made with or without the usualweight-boxes. B designates the lower sash, and G the upper sash, whichhas secured to its center strip, or on either side, a rack-bar, 1). Uponthe top of the lower sash, 13, and near its inner edge, is secured aspring-metal catch, E, that has its inner end curved or beveled, so asto allow it to enter the serrations in the rack-bar D. Uponthe extremeinner end of this springmetal catch E, and upon its under side, isattached a small piece of metal, a, which serves to strengthen that end,and at the same time gives a springing motion to said catch. Upon theouter or front end of the lower sash, B, and which extendsa shortdistance above the top, is secured a small metal plate, F, which has adepression or notch in it near its center to receive the outer end ofthe said spring-catch E, and which also has a small projection, I), onits left-hand side that prevents the said catch from being raised unlessit be moved toward the right-hand side of the window-frame. This plate Fis inclined on its right-hand side, as shown in Fig. 1.

It will be observed that by my improvements I can securely look awindow-sash at any desired height from the top or bottom.

I am well aware that rackbars secured to the center strip of awindow-sash have been known and used before, and I do not, broadlyspeaking, claim such as my invention; but

hat I do claim is The combination of the two window-sashes B O, theupper sash, 13, provided with the raekbar D, the pivoted spring-metalcatch E, curved or beveled at its inner end, plate F, having a notchtherein for receiving said catch E, and the projection b, for preventingsaid catch from casual displacement, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

BENJ. J. GOLDSMITH.

IVitnesses:

SAMUEL F. COREY, SIMON Krrznxsrmn.

